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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Who said this is the correct response?
Again, why is NOT getting it the correct response?
Danger of a cold/flu? Covid-19 is not worse than the flu in terms of bodily affects. It's actually milder than H1N1 and SARS1. It just spreads faster, like SARS did. It is not putting your family in some kind of mortal "danger" or any danger other than possibly getting sick. Did you wear masks, and demand economic shitdowns during flu season? Did you hold your kids out of school for weeks every winter if a classmate was sick? What activities did you completely curtail prior to Covid because you were in fear of the "danger" of being sick? Did you avoid all gatherings of people (stadiums, supermarket lines, high school events, movie theaters) before Covid because you were scared of catching something?
I'm being partially facetious and partially serious here. There is no cure for common colds, virus, etc. The ONLY way is to get your body's immune system to fight it off. On this, the science is ALSO unequivocal.
There are two views here writ large (the others are minor points, and may be valid as solutions, but not positions, if that makes sense?) - avoid never getting sick again, or build up herd immunity.
I think that herd immunity is better for the community because it allows people to move freely. The avoid getting sick thing - this is not normal behavior. The overreaction, as if Covid is an immediate death sentence, is what people are rebelling against, and the ones who are shoving this overreaction down our throats as "mandatory" because THEY are scared and have fears is annoying at best, dangerous in its own right at worst. The issue is that the people dmeanding and accepting and promoting mandatory actions are promoting fear as a virtue - the more fearful, the more virtuous. It is a never ending, vicious circle, that feeds upon itself until it becomes stifling. Fear is not a virtue.